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Personal info

Full name
BUSONE, Anthony D
Date of birth
24 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
32666128
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 7 22

Immediate family

Members
James Busone (father)
Annie J. Busone (mother)
Rose Busone (sister)
Philip J. Busone (brother)
Jeanne Busone (wife)
Erminia J. Busone (daughter)

More information

Pfc Anthony D. Busone enlisted in Albany, New York on 8 December 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Paul Reid Simpson’s Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Troy Record 31 January 1945